Black-Owned Business

Interest in Black-owned businesses surged over the spring and summer, but the pandemic has still wreaked havoc. D.C.-area entrepreneurs are banding together for an event to promote such businesses. News4’s Molette Green reports.

The west coast’s oldest black-founded and managed savings and loan will turn 75 next year, with a new partner and an expanded mission. LA’s Broadway Federal is merging with another black-managed bank in Washington, D.C., that will not only increase resources for funding, but be a first step to expanding low-income banking opportunities in other urban centers. “This model...

“My Black Receipt” has counted more than $7 million spent at Black-owned businesses nationwide. News4’s Jummy Olabanji talks to the website’s creator Kezia Williams about how this movement goes beyond promoting businesses owned by people of color.

News4’s Aimee Cho speaks with the community of black-owned businesses on lower Georgia Avenue in D.C.’s Columbia Heights as they help support each other through these times.

In addition to teaching kids to be anti-racist, donating to organizations that help protesters or change policies surrounding police brutality, healthcare rights and more, you can support black business owners locally and nationwide by reaching for black-owned food brands next time you’re at the store (or shop online).